Archive for October, 2008

THIS JUST IN: Blogs are popular!

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

So-called “early adopters” are well aware, as should everyone in marketing, PR, advertising, etc.—social media IS effective. But there are, in fact, those that have not jumped on the social media bandwagon. In a recent post on the PR 2.0 blog by Brian Solis, he explains social media very well—relating it’s impact on nearly every [...]

REMINDER — Today is Gallery Night at Primum

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Please join us tonight at Primum for Gallery Night from 5-9pm, featuring the unique infared artwork of Neil Rongstad. In Rongstad’s work blue skies look black, man-made materials reflect light in unpredictable ways and plants are bright white.

Rongstad’s view of the world has always been a little different—he’s legally blind in one eye, and color [...]

Bren Bataclan’s smileproject

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Would you promise to smile more at strangers if you found a painting in the street? That is the goal of Boston-based artist Bren Bataclan’s smileproject. The project started in 2004 as an effort to get people to smile more on the street, and has turned into a global phenomenon. Mr. Bataclan has dropped paintings [...]

Is Cyberloafing OK?

Monday, October 6th, 2008

It is, according to respondents to a new survey of employees performed by the National University of Singapore Business School.  Cyberloafing is the non-work related use of an employee’s workplace computer.  According to the study, employees in Singapore spend about 51 minutes each day cyberloafing.
The study also showed that men (61 minutes) cyberloaf more than [...]

NewsBreaker Live - Experience Crowd Gaming

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Last summer moviegoers were introduced to a new form of branded entertainment: crowd gaming. MSNBC modeled the game after the classic “Breakout” to make it easy for everyone in the audience to understand and participate. Based on the online version of the game created for msnbc.com, it was dubbed NewsBreaker Live with human bodies at [...]

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